( February 14, 2024, 8:08 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A citizen group filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court asking whether the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming a trial court judgment dismissing the group’s challenge to a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) decision to approve the construction of a casino on land held in trust for the Ione Band of Miwok Indians....